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Meaning of 'supply' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Supply [ a.]
- Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
2 . Supply [ n.]
- The act of supplying; supplial.
- That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
- Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.
- The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.
- An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
- A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
3 . Supply [ v. t.]
- To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
- To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
- To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.

Meaning of 'supply' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . supply [ v]
Meaning (1):
- circulate or distribute or equip with
Example in sentence:
  • issue a new uniform to the children;
  • supply blankets for the beds
Meaning (2):
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Example in sentence:
  • The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
Meaning (3):
- give something useful or necessary to
Example in sentence:
  • We provided the room with an electrical heater
Meaning (4):
- state or say further
Example in sentence:
  • `It doesn't matter,' he supplied

Nearby Words:

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